Borislav Stefanov Abadzhiev ( bg, Борислав Стефанов Абаджиев; born October 14, 1963, in
Vidin
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) is a retired
boxer Boxer most commonly refers to:
* Boxer (boxing), a competitor in the sport of boxing
*Boxer (dog), a breed of dog
Boxer or boxers may also refer to:
Animal kingdom
* Boxer crab
* Boxer shrimp, a small group of decapod crustaceans
* Boxer snipe ee ...
from
Bulgaria
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, who competed for his native country at the
1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and commonly known as Seoul 1988 ( ko, 서울 1988, Seoul Cheon gubaek palsip-pal), was an international multi-sport event held from 17 September to 2 October ...
in
Seoul, South Korea
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. There he was defeated in the first round of the Men's Light-Welterweight Division (– 63,5 kg) by Yugoslavia's
Vukašin Dobrašinović
Vukašin Dobrašinović (born 15 July 1964) is a Montenegrin boxer. He competed in the men's light welterweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics
The 1988 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XXIV Olympiad () and com ...
. He is best known for winning the European title in 1987.
References
sports-reference
1963 births
Living people
Light-welterweight boxers
Olympic boxers of Bulgaria
Boxers at the 1988 Summer Olympics
People from Vidin
Bulgarian male boxers
AIBA World Boxing Championships medalists
20th-century Bulgarian people
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